Sunflowers
The artist
Vincent van Gogh, a Dutch painter who loved the color yellow and the warm sunshine.
What you see
A vase filled with big, happy sunflowers, some fresh and open and some starting to droop.
The story
Van Gogh painted these flowers in 1888 to decorate his home in Arles and welcome his friend, the painter Paul Gauguin.
The style
He used many shades of yellow and gold, laying the paint on thick so the petals look almost real.
Look closer
Count the flowers and notice how each one is a little different, at its own stage of life.
Where to see it
One of the most famous versions hangs in the National Gallery in London, England.
Fun fact
Van Gogh made several sunflower paintings, and they are now among the most loved pictures in the world.